Hand corn-planter



y(No Model.)

S. W. HOAG.

HAND CORN PLANTER.

. No. 266,367. Patented 001;. 24, 1882.,

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HAND C GRAND ISLE, VERMONT.

ORN-PLANTER.

Application filed Jun To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,

the county have invented certain new ents in Hand Corndeclare that thefollow' Grand Isle, in

State of Vermont,

Improveni do hereby clear, and exact description o ll enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use and usefulers; and I ing is a full, invention, which the same, ret' nyingdrawings, specification.

This invention and has it consists in cert struction In the tion otl theReferring by z5 nates the hack B, provided with a dishcd is formed anopening, D, and

a plate, E, having likewise an opening, F.

opening 3o form a handle,

L, on the under s erence being which form a part of relates to hand forits object to lprovide a expensive, and etiicient device.

ain impr Sn'rII W. Holte, of'

of Grand Isle and Plantf the had to the accompathis corn-planters,

simple, in- To this end ovements in the conf the same. re l is a fronteleva- Fig. 2,

a rear elevation; Fig. 4, a view Fig. 5, a sec- Fig. 6 a detail pin. thedrawings, Adesigthe seed-hopper bottom, C, in which under this withtween the bottoni C and plate E is pivoted a Il, at its front end bymeans of a pin, I, continued and curved, a spring portion, a K,

as at J, to form nd having its end turned to adapted to engage a stop, eof plate E. Thus by disengaging the handle K the pin may be withdrawnand spection.

The latter having an opening,M, the

4o lated by a plate,

its end l? being turne by the end and engaged rod, Q, working vided witha head, It,

operated with it may be N, sliding d down in the opening through Tooseillate the valve its S, is bifurcated, an

formed is accommodated longitudinally 'in on board A the guide-rod T adiagonal slot, U, plunger, which works vertically in a strap, V,

Thus as the causes t the tongue thereof moving W, in the back board, A.

tudinally-dispose d guideon the outside, out removing d between the hevalve to the valve readily removed for iuconsists o f a disk, H, sizeofwhich is reguunder a collar, O,

of a screw-threaded the disk, and proby which thevalve. rear end ortongue, arms thus extending in the a rod, T,

plunger is operated oscillate, in a transverse slot, The diagonallongiwire rod T forms a y part of Letters Patent e5, 1882. (Nonicdel.)

its flexibility enables it preventing No. 266,367, dated October 24,1882.

sure guide for the valve, and at the same time to readily give, shouldthe valve become clogged or work hard, thus breakage or strain of thelatter. y means of the wire rod T the valve also works in an easier andmore satisfactory manner, and sufcient play of the wire rod is permittedby the space between it and the sides of slot U, the tongue S ot' thevalve being much smaller than the width of the slot to admit of itslateral movement or play.

X is a guide-funnel extending from the opening F diagonally to anopening,Y,in the back board, A, the opening Y entering adroppingchamber, Z, at the bottom, the sides A' A ot' which are providedwith guides B' B' for the plunger.

To the bottom of the back board, A, and adjoining the dropping-openingof the chamber or cup Z, is hinged or pivoted, as at G', a right-angularplate, D', which will give on slight pressure and prevent the grainsfrom becoming wedged and broken by the plunger.

The operation and advantages of my invention will he readily understood.The seed D into the opening in the valve, carries it to the opening M,and it is dropped through funnel X into cup Z and forced out by thedownstroke of the plunger.

I am aware of patents to A. Hoag, No. 204,574; Phelps and Dyer, No.184,422, and S. T. Ferguson,No. 196,078, which collectively show aplanter having an .oscillating vvalve working in a. diagonal groove inthe plunger, and I claim nothing therein shown.

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As an improvement in hand corn-planters, the combination, with theplunger having a diagonal guide-wire, T, arranged longitudinally in anoblique slot, U, of the oscillating valve I-I, pivoted at its outer end,and having a bifurcated tongue, S, of less width than the width ot' slotU, the arms, of which tongue clasp and embrace wire T and are guidedthereby, while the iiexibility ot' the wire readily gives to themovement of the valve, as anc for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing a: my own I have hereto affixedmy signature ii presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: SETH WARNER HOAG.

JUAN ROBINSON, A. H. W. J Aeirsoiv.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters PatV

